Dream Pop

Remember this post? Oh wait, it's basically right before this one (if you scroll down a bit) because I hardly ever blog anymore. Feast or famine.

Anyway, I just purchased Wake the Earth, the EP for the Honey Trees and love it. Although Moon River is still my favorite, their other songs are good too. Becky Filip and Jacob Wick make up the band. To quote them: "We try to make magic in music form." They label their music as "dream pop." Perfect description.

Aren't their pictures great?

Random Thoughts

Disclaimer: Since I have been sporadic in the timing of my posts, I will also be sporadic in the contents of my posts.

Thought #1: Internship

The majority of my thoughts now revolve around around my internship in New York City which I leave for in a week! While it's basically glorified slave labor for school credit, it's with a really great company: Kemble Interiors. And it's in New York. Did I mention that?

Thought #2: Packing for said internship

I'll be there for three months and everything I need must fit into two suitcases, one carry-on, and one personal item. Therefore, a packing list is a necessity and it must be a very detailed one. Right now, the only thing I have listed is all of the shoes I need to bring. I can hear my Dad say, "You'll need a whole suitcase just for your shoes!" Thanks Dad.

All I know is that I want to look as classy as Kate Winslet as I stroll through the streets of the city.Thought #3: Getting everything I need to pack

Speaking of shoes, I've been dreaming of the Bensimon ones above for walking around (in a summer dress of course). But I need tennis shoes more because I've actually been using mine to work out and they're pretty tired. Since I don't have a bottomless budget, I need to weed out the "necessities" from the "I really want and think I need but when I think a little more I don't actually need but still really really want." Do you know the feeling?

Thought #4: The Subway

I need to figure this out to get to work.

Thought #5: The Beatles

Surprise surprise, I'm thinking about the Beatles. I officially have all (minus one or two) of their albums and have been listening to them almost constantly. A few weeks ago at a little reunion with my friends, we watched A Hard Day's Night and Help! I thought I loved them before, but somehow that love has grown.

Thought #6: Blog

Since I'll be in a new and exciting place, I feel it's something I should blog about. Although I'm horrible about being consistent with posting, I'm going to try. The goal is to take lots of pictures and have fun adventures to tell.

Thought #7: Everything else (which is about as random as this awesome pictures)

Do I have enough money to live for this summer and for the next year at school?
Buy music with my iTunes gift cards...but what? The Honey Trees for sure!
What will I do when I graduate in April?
Plan a trip somewhere foreign (but most likely lack the funds to do so)
Eat lunch and see a movie by myself (something I've never done)
Bike ride to the farmer's market Saturday morning
Pinterest...I'm obsessed

And a bunch of other things that no one else really needs to know (or cares to). Thanks for reading!

Moon River

Gorgeous song.

Guernsey

I am in love with the book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I have just read it twice, immediately starting over after finishing it. For the second or third time. My friend who visited recently said that the last time she visited, I was reading it. I guess I must really like it.

In the book, you get to know the characters through the letters that they write each another about books, authors, and the Occupation of the England and the Channel Islands during World War II. It's historical, sad, humorous, and subtly romantic--a story of people who endured a horrible time with their literary society and with each other.

Besides all of the above, I love it because I want to be there. Maybe I'll create a (dream) travel itinerary from Guernsey's official website. But for now I'm going to look at these great old photos of the island and resist the urge to read the book again.

KBIS in Las Vegas

As part my award for the NKBA student competition, I got an all expense paid for trip to KBIS (the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show) in Las Vegas. It was a great trip and here are some pictures from it.

BYU-Idaho is amazing! These are all girls from my school who also placed in the student competition along with our stellar teacher, Wendy Harris. She is the interior design program.

I got to meet Vicente Wolf, one of my favorite designers and was starstruck for the rest of the day. I kept looking at this picture on my digital camera wondering, "Did this really happen?!" (P.S. We're standing in front of his tile design for Ann Sacks. Gorgeous.)

My sister Monica with me at M&M world. I spent way too much on a pound of these brightly colored candies but it was totally worth it.

My friends and me outside the Bellagio. Secretly, I was hoping George Clooney and Brad Pitt would be there, leaning on a balcony overlooking the water.

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